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Posted by andyh on 24 December 2009 | View all posts | Previous | Next

Worth remembering that 41% of toys will be broken and forgotten within a couple of months and discarded completely (rather than fixed) within six.


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In: xmas, christmas, shop, shopping, kids, toys, Stick With What You Got, buy nothing
3 comments
morven_macaskill
The younger one's usually enjoy playing with the paper the gifts were wrapped in. LOL.
morven_macaskill 8 months ago.
andyh
isn't it! especially when most kids can amuse themselves for hours with a stick and a set of railings. I love the idea of toy rental as one solution: http://www.dothegreenthing.com/blog/rentatoy_this_christmas
andyh 8 months ago.
morven_macaskill
It really is insane how much money people spend on toy's when that's what could/would happen to them.
morven_macaskill 8 months ago.
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